Lead a research team focused on advancing AI-driven language technology at DeepL. Shaping research agendas and collaborating across teams to deliver impactful features.
Responsibilities
Own both people leadership and technical direction for a team of research scientists and data engineers.
Shape the research agenda, build a high-performance culture, and convert breakthroughs into production impact across DeepL’s products.
Partner closely with Product, Engineering, and Go-to-Market teams to translate research advances into features.
Define and communicate team’s strategic goals, roadmap, and success metrics in collaboration with key stakeholders.
Create conditions for rapid, reliable delivery by clarifying priorities and enabling effective cross-team collaboration.
Inspired by cutting-edge academic research and by driving innovation in Language AI.
Contribute hands-on when needed—review code, design experiments, analyze results, and help unblock critical paths.
Requirements
(preferable PhD) degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, Physics, or a comparable subject.
Proven track record of successfully leading and scaling teams, ideally in a global, high-growth scale-up, and research-intensive environment.
Solution-oriented mindset with the ability to navigate through ambiguity and change effectively.
Hands-on experience in: Software development: in the context of data science, ML engineering, systems engineering, or distributed services.
Technical and people leadership.
Deep Learning expertise.
Excellent communication skills with the ability to closely collaborate with other teams across the organization.
High level of English proficiency (knowledge of German and other languages is an advantage).
Benefits
Diverse and internationally distributed team: joining our team means becoming part of a large, global community with people of more than 90 nationalities.
Open communication, regular feedback: as a language-focused company, we value the importance of clear, honest communication.
Hybrid work, flexible hours: we offer a hybrid work schedule, with team members coming into the office twice a week.
Regular in-person team events: we bond over vibrant events that are as unique as our team.
Monthly full-day hacking sessions: every month, we have Hack Fridays, where you can spend your time diving into a project you're passionate about.
30 days of annual leave: we value your peace of mind.
Competitive benefits: we've crafted it to reflect the diversity of our team and tailored it to align with your unique location.
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